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Ethiopia ready for talks with TPLF without ‘preconditions’
Ethiopia says it is ready to start talks with the Tigrayan rebels in a bid to end the bloody civil war.
A senior government official has said Ethiopia is ready to negotiate with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) without pre-conditions, in a bid to end the civil war that started in November 2020.
Plus, we visit an innovative project on the outskirts of Yaoundé in Cameroon, where workers are combatting the problem of plastic waste by turning plastic bottles into bricks.
And Resident President Olushambles is considering a new vocation as a church pastor.
Photo: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Credit: Getty Images.
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